“The 2010 season marks the 45th Anniversary of the Houston franchise being renamed the Houston Astros. To commemorate the occasion, on Saturday, April 10, both the Astros and visiting Phillies will wear 1965 uniforms similar to the ones worn during the first regular-season game Houston played as the Astros on April 12, 1965 in the Astrodome vs. Philadelphia.”

So that’s twice this season that the Phightins will be paying homage to the past but neither time will be at home. The Phillies wearing the retro throwbacks is a great idea so why can’t the team have some turn-back-the-clock night at Citizens Bank Park already?

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Yes, their current day game cream unis are an ode to the late 1940s but that doesn’t mean they are throwbacks.

The Phillies missed an opportunity by not commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1980 World Championship team with a retro weekend including those dope maroon pinstriped unis.